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I’ve recently put together a couple of blogs on etymology for the www.acquarius.gi website. These are purely to offer a modicum of interest to folk that wish to peruse the site if they are not so familiar with the other […]

I ought to point out that I’m not perfect when it comes to words nor am I particularly a wordsmith. Like most people my vocabulary probably stretches a most to 5-6000 words. I’ve read a number of books but words are a […]

Living in Gibraltar with that border easily accessible (at the moment; pre brexit) we often hear words that don’t quite gel with what we know from ‘formal’ Spanish. Gibraltarians have pretty much got this sorted but those from other climes […]

Great to see many friends and colleagues at the SEKU’s last weekend some travelling from the early morning to compete then travel back into the night, it isn’t easy I should know. When I used to drive from Hilsea to […]

Next weekend is the Shotokan of England Karate Union championships at the Portsmouth Academy. This competition is in it’s 35th year which is remarkable given karate has waned somewhat over the past 20 years. The man at the top of […]

Last weekend at the Jojobet.com Gibraltar Open I was booked to do an announcing job for the venue which was also live on Eurosport. These things are the norm as production costs these days means they don’t always want someone for […]

FHM had the presentation gig for the jojobet.com Gibraltar Open snooker finals this past weekend. The finals were live on Eurosport and following the usual announcements there was the follow up with the finalists including a couple of questions. These […]

We’ve just passed the Scottish tradition of Burns Night celebrated worldwide these days and I’ve been to a few. Some of my favourite naturally have been in his homeland, with entertainment during dinner like young dancers and pipers mixed in […]

Habits are tough to shake and none more so when you become comfortable with what you are doing. I’m sure you are reading this thinking “What habits?” Believe me we all have them. I suffer from an allergy so sometimes […]

I remember back in 1991 when I was going through a public speaking course one of the students rose to give his own presentation during the practice. We only had slots of about 10 minutes in the early stages so […]